Christine Quinn: Anthony Weiner behavior ‘reckless’

Anthony Weiner’s opponent in the New York mayoral race, Christine Quinn, slammed the disgraced politician on CNN Friday afternoon, calling his behavior “reckless” and “immature.”

“What the former congressmember has done…it’s reckless, it’s a pattern of recklessness, it’s immature, it’s irresponsible,” Quinn, who is currently the Speaker of the New York City Council, said on CNN’s “The Lead with Jake Tapper”.

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“No one should have behaved this way, no one should have lied about how they behaved this way. His gender isn’t the issue for me. The issue is that he clearly has a disconnect from an ability to tell the truth and a pattern of reckless behavior,” she added.

Quinn told CNN that she was ignoring Weiner’s drama and focusing on New Yorkers, as the race is not about him or his scandals. She is confident that the people will be able to “[cut] through this circus” caused by Weiner’s scandal.

“I think my race has been about my record and my vision moving forward and come primary day and runoff day when New Yorkers join with me and elect me mayor, it won’t be about somebody else. It will be about the work that I’ve done with them for the past eight years,” she said. “This isn’t about Anthony Weiner. It’s about the future of New York.”

A recent poll, which came out Thursday, showed that Quinn was benefiting from Weiner’s most recent admittance to sexting up until last year, as she suddenly jumped in first place as the city’s favorite to win the race.